“New York’s emphasis on the CDO as point person for the start-up culture goes back to Haot, the city’s first CDO, who helped foster cooperation between academia and business, notes David Mathison, founder of the New York City-based CDO Club, which runs “CDO Summit” conferences around the world for chief digital officers and chief data […]

“CEO tenure is on the rise, and now stands at about five years for FTSE 100 CEOs & nine years for Fortune 500 CEOs. Equivalent statistics for CDOs are elusive, but anecdotally CDOs have a much shorter life in role. Expect to see CDO turnover remain high for some time. Here’s why

“Growth of the chief digital officer role has been incredibly rapid over the last few years, reflecting the increasing importance of technology to organisational success and survival.

“Professor Taro Kamioka of Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo provided this special report to Nikkei Big Data with highlights from the 4th annual NYC CDO Summit, which includes a photo of CDO Club founder David Mathison giving the 2016 US CDO of the Year award to Linda Boff, CMO at GE.

“In looking at the rate of CDO hiring, David Mathison, CEO of the CDO Club and CDO Summit, notes that “At the end of 2015 there were approximately 2,000 CDOs. CDO hires have been doubling every year and I expect there to be 2,500 CDOs by the end of 2016